Famous Deaths Happened In 1848

Jan 05 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1848.  

Jan 09 Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750) died on this day in history.  

Jan 20 Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786) died on this day in history.  

Feb 15 Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771) died in the year 1848.  

Feb 20 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

Feb 23 John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 in the year 1848.  

Mar 03 Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies in the year 1848.  

Mar 20 Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 in the year 1848.  

Mar 29 In the year 1848 john Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84  

Apr 08 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Apr 10 Godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Apr 24 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Apr 30 Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53 in the year 1848.  

May 11 On this day in history death of tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)  

May 18 William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF on this day in history.  

May 25 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) died in the year 1848.  

May 31 Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) died on this day in history.  

Jun 27 Denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54 died in the year 1848.  

Jul 04 In the year 1848 francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies  

Jul 22 On this day in history karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60  

Aug 06 Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Aug 07 On this day in history death of jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)  

Aug 09 Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies in the year 1848.  

Aug 12 George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies in the year 1848.  

Aug 15 On this day in history timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88  

Sep 11 On this day in history henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87  

Oct 04 Louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1848.  

Oct 05 Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781) died on this day in history.  

Oct 26 On this day in history vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies  

Oct 27 On this day in history alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46  

Nov 09 In the year 1848 death of robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed  

Nov 10 Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786) died on this day in history.  

Nov 15 In the year 1848 death of p Rossi, Italian, murdered  

Nov 17 In the year 1848 jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies  

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Jan 01 In the year 1848 birth of john Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)  

Jan 05 Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09 Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926) was born in the year 1848.  

Jan 18 In the year 1848 birth of ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925)  

Jan 19 In the year 1848 birth of john F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904)  

Jan 21 On this day in history birth of henri Duparc, French composer  

Jan 22 Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages) was born in the year 1848.